The University of Tulsa is an NCAA Division I member for all sports and a member of the American Athletic Conference. TU moved into The American on July 1, 2014 after dominating Conference USA with more than double the number of league championships than any other conference school in nine years as a C-USA member.

Since the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Center in 1998, Tulsa’s athletic facilities have undergone a major facelift. New facilities include the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, the Collins Family Softball Complex, the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest, the Jack Zink Indoor Rowing Center, the Case Athletic Complex and major renovation to H.A. Chapman Stadium.

Tulsa - A two-year letterwinner . . . a former walk-on athlete, who was put on scholarship prior to the 2010 season . . . has handled the deep snapping duties for the last two years . . . has played in 25 career games . . . has six career tackles on special teams . . . has been a four-year Conference USA All-Academic Honoree . . . 2010 - Played in all 13 games as the deep snapper . . . was credited with two tackles . . . 2009 - Played in all 12 games as the deep snapper . . . handled deep snapping duties for punts, field goals and PATs . . . was credited with four tackles, including a season-best two against Memphis . . . 2008 - Did not see action, but was on the travel roster . . . 2007 - Was one of several freshmen to sit out the 2007 season due to red-shirt status . . . Overall - Moved from linebacker to solely concentrate on the deep snapper duties during the spring of 2008 . . . earned the starting spot at deep snapper in the fall of 2009 . . . intelligent player . . . has a great work ethic . . . has been very accurate on his snaps . . . very coachable.

High School - Was a three-year letterwinner at Liberal High School . . . started at tight end and defensive end his senior season . . . was credited with 64 tackles, 13 stops for lost yardage and seven sacks as a senior . . . earned all-conference honors as a senior . . . high school football coach was Tom Schroeder.

Personal - Favorite NFL team is the Chicago Bears . . . his favorite NFL player is Bears' linebacker Brian Urlacher . . . his favorite movie is Cinderella Man . . . lists Remember the Titans as his favorite sports movie . . . favorite TV channel is Fox News and the "Bill O'Reilly Show" is his favorite TV show . . . has three younger brothers . . . favorite book is the Bible . . . a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes . . . the person he would most like to hang out with for a day is late President Ronald Reagan . . . his parents, Cliff and Shari, are TU graduates . . . his father was an all-Missouri Valley Conference linebacker and also an assistant football coach at Tulsa . . . was married on May 11, 2011 . . . his wife's name is Kristen . . . earned his bachelor's degree in exercise sports science in May . . . working on his mater's in business . . . born March 14, 1989 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.